2026 Alessandro Rotondo: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	43	7240	6751	139	137	106	8145

Overview

Alessandro Rotondo is affiliated with the University of Pisa in Italy and has contributed extensively to research primarily within the field of Psychology. Their work spans various subfields, notably Clinical Psychology, with additional publications in Epidemiology, Genetics, Neurology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main research topics addressed by Alessandro Rotondo include Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Among their recent published papers are the following:

Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt, psychiatric disorders and known risk factors, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on food craving and food intake in individuals affected by obesity and overweight: a mini review of the magnitude of the effects, 2022, AIMS neuroscience
Linkage analysis of anorexia and bulimia nervosa cohorts using selected behavioral phenotypes as quantitative traits or covariates, 2020, UNC Libraries
Life beyond the eating disorder: Education, relationships, and reproduction, 2020, UNC Libraries
Selection of eating-disorder phenotypes for linkage analysis, 2020, UNC Libraries

Alessandro Rotondo frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors who have worked together on multiple occasions. These co-authors include Katherine A. Halmi, Allan S. Kaplan, Walter H. Kaye, D. Blake Woodside, and Cynthia M. Bulik.

Their publications are primarily found in specialized venues such as UNC Libraries, which accounts for the majority of their publications, along with contributions to bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and AIMS neuroscience.

Best Publications

Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

1144
Citations
Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

H. J. Watson;Z. Yilmaz;L. M. Thornton;C. Hubel

569
Citations
Optimism and its impact on mental and physical well-being.

Ciro Conversano;Alessandro Rotondo;Elena Lensi;Olivia Della Vista

569
Citations
Symptom Fluctuation in Eating Disorders: Correlates of Diagnostic Crossover

Federica Tozzi;Laura M. Thornton;Kelly L. Klump;Manfred M. Fichter

451
Citations
Features associated with excessive exercise in women with eating disorders.

Hemal Shroff;Lauren Reba;Laura M. Thornton;Federica Tozzi

432
Citations
Alcohol Use Disorder Comorbidity in Eating Disorders: A Multicenter Study.

Cynthia M. Bulik;Kelly L. Klump;Laura Thornton;Allan S. Kaplan

377
Citations
The relation among perfectionism, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder in individuals with eating disorders.

Katherine A. Halmi;Federica Tozzi;Laura M. Thornton;Scott Crow

326
Citations
5-HT2A promoter polymorphism −1438G/A, anorexia nervosa, and obsessive-compulsive disorder

Mary-Anne Enoch;Walter H Kaye;Alessandro Rotondo;Benjamin D Greenberg

267
Citations
Personality characteristics of women before and after recovery from an eating disorder.

Kelly L. Klump;Michael Strober;Cynthia M. Bulik;Laura Thornton

266
Citations
Application of a latent class analysis to empirically define eating disorder phenotypes.

Pamela K. Keel;Pamela K. Keel;Manfred Fichter;Norbert Quadflieg;Cynthia M. Bulik

244
Citations
Catechol O-Methyltransferase, Serotonin Transporter, and Tryptophan Hydroxylase Gene Polymorphisms in Bipolar Disorder Patients With and Without Comorbid Panic Disorder

Alessandro Rotondo;Chiara Mazzanti;Liliana Dell'Osso;Paola Rucci

226
Citations
Significant linkage on chromosome 10p in families with bulimia nervosa.

Cynthia M. Bulik;B. Devlin;Silviu Alin Bacanu;Laura Thornton

218
Citations
Impulse control disorders in women with eating disorders.

Fernando Fernández-Aranda;Andréa Poyastro Pinheiro;Andréa Poyastro Pinheiro;Laura M. Thornton;Wade H. Berrettini

210
Citations
Patterns of menstrual disturbance in eating disorders

Andréa Poyastro Pinheiro;Laura M. Thornton;Katherine H. Plotonicov;Federica Tozzi

182
Citations
Substance Use Disorders in Women with Anorexia Nervosa

Tammy L. Root;Andréa Poyastro Pinheiro;Laura Thornton;Michael Strober

172
Citations
Smoking in eating disorders.

Doris Anzengruber;Kelly L. Klump;Laura Thornton;Harry Brandt

160
Citations
Symptom profile of major depressive disorder in women with eating disorders

Fernando Fernandez-Aranda;Andrea Poyastro Pinheiro;Federica Tozzi;Maria La Via

155
Citations
Identification of four variants in the tryptophan hydroxylase promoter and association to behavior.

A. Rotondo;K. Schuebel;A. Bergen;R. Aragon

132
Citations
No coding variant of the tryptophan hydroxylase gene detected in seasonal affective disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anorexia nervosa, and alcoholism.

Ling Han;David A Nielsen;Norman E Rosenthal;Kimberly Jefferson

129
Citations
Influence of overanxious disorder of childhood on the expression of anorexia nervosa.

T.J. Raney;Laura M. Thornton;Wade Berrettini;Harry Brandt

128
Citations
Factors Associated With Recovery from Anorexia Nervosa

Stephanie Zerwas;Brian C. Lund;Ann Von Holle;Laura M. Thornton

127
Citations
Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt, psychiatric disorders and known risk factors

Niamh Mullins;Jooeun Kang;Adrian I Campos;Adrian I Campos;Jonathan R I Coleman;Jonathan R I Coleman

7
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Cynthia M. Bulik University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Donatella Marazziti University of Pisa

Kelly L. Klump Michigan State University

Pamela K. Keel Florida State University

Janet Treasure King's College London

Hunna J. Watson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Stephan Ripke Massachusetts General Hospital

Hakon Hakonarson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

James L. Kennedy Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki

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